Last week, instead of a weekly recap, I shared my recap of the Sun Valley Marathon. If you missed it, be sure to catch up HERE.
I took the week following the marathon quite easy, with just a few 3 mile runs with Ruth. My quads were SOOO sore. It took most of the week before I could go up and down stairs normally. I did do a small 5k in the town where Dustin’s family cabin is in Wisconsin with my friend Sarah!
I was happy with a 7:50 min/mile average, which feel moderate enough; earned me a 2nd place finish for females! (It was NOT a very competitive race!)
It was a fun event; for a small town, they put on a nice little race!
What’s next?
I have had the Route 66 marathon on the horizon for awhile; this marathon is in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 21. It’s a hilly one, but it will take us a step closer in our 50-state quest since we haven’t run in Oklahoma yet.
Yet, I wanted another one this year…particularly because Dustin is running Boston this fall (on October 11 this year) and it would be weird to not be training when he is! So I started to search around for a marathon for me around the same time.
And I found one! I decided to register for the Fargo North Dakota marathon on September 25th!
I had registered for Fargo in 2020, but when it was cancelled, I opted to get a refund instead of running it virtually; virtuals are fine but they aren’t exactly the way that I want to check off the 50-states, you know? I want to get my 50 states by actually running in all 50 states!
Fargo, North Dakota, here I come!
I’m excited for a flat (NOT downhill!) marathon. Fargo is also on a Saturday, which I love. It’s is only a 4-hour drive from Minneapolis, so totally doable for an inexpensive weekend.
Now, onto the regular weekly recap!
Monday: 3 cabin miles with Ruth and Dustin, 8:20 min/mile average. SO many bugs on this run. Ugh.
I did two 10-minute arms and then convinced Dustin to do a 20 minute stretching class with me on the Peloton app.
Tuesday: 3 rainy miles with Ruth at the cabin, 8:09 min/mile average
Wednesday: 4 mile lunch run with Ruth, 8:25 min/mile average, final bocce game of the season after work! (We did sign up for another season.)
It was also Dustin’s birthday; a few of his presents had an “up north” theme!
Thursday: 5.2 miles with Isabelle and Christie before work, 8:48 min/mile average. I did three 10-minute arms classes on the Peloton app and then a 10-minute core class.
Friday: 5.2 miles with Christie and Ruth (the vizsla) before work, 8:45 min/mile. Ruth isn’t as used to running with people other than Dustin and me; she kept trying to jump on Christie as we ran!
Ruthie took a nice nap after her morning run.
I would have liked a nap, but instead I took a barre class at the Bar Method later in the day.
Saturday: 10 mile long run with Isabelle & Sarah. Sarah is my friend who joined us at the cabin over the 4th, but she hasn’t been running with us lately. It was so nice to have her back!
She did 4 miles with us, and then Isabelle and I continued on to get to 10 miles. Time to start building back for Fargo!
Sunday: I joined my friend Christie for an early morning Solidcore class. I hadn’t been to Solidcore in QUITE some time! I used to be really into it; in fact, I was SOO excited when the founder, Anne Mahlum, was on our trip to Antarctica! (Remember when I ran the Antarctica marathon? That feels like forever ago! So glad we did that trip before the pandemic. I’m not sure I’d want to be on a small boat with 200 other people and their germs after living through Covid!)
Have any of you taken a Solidcore class? I have a feeling I’m going to be really sore tomorrow! It’s a great full-body workout.
After the class, we changed into our running clothes for a 5 mile run together. Quite a full morning of fitness!
Summary: 35 miles of running, 1 barre class, 1 solidcore class, and a few Peloton strength/stretching classes.
That’s a wrap! Stop by next week to follow along with my training for the Fargo marathon, which is just 11 weeks away!
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Congrats on your 2d place finish in the race. I do love those small town races. I’ve had good luck with placements in them as well. But at a ‘real’ race—I get humble pie every time, lol
Wowza, 3 marathons this year!!! Good for you. Looking forward to following your training!
I’ve done 5 in a year- some 50 staters doing waayyy more than that! We are on the slow plan, relatively!
So excited you’re doing another marathon – hooray! Love your dog pictures, too, of course.
Thanks Liz! Marathons are my jam.
Route 66 is a fun race, but yes, quite hilly (and probably windy as well). I had a nasty groin pain thing going on, from Mile-2…so yeah, THAT was fun LOL The crowd support was amazing, though, and the medals ((usually) are pretty cool (not that it matters, right?). Congrats on your weekend race!
I need to reread your recap!
Congrats on your 5k! You had a great week even while recovering from your marathon! I ran Route 66 in 2015! I was a fun race, but yes kind of hilly. And the day I ran it was very windy. I did end up with a PR but it was tough!
I will reread your recap now! So glad you mentioned that you ran it Lisa!
Just read it- for some reason, the comments are closed!
I love how you just popped right into 2 more marathons. I am so itching for a race but likely won’t have one until mid September. Congrats on your 2 nd place finish
I am making up for lost time in 2020 🙂
All the best knocking out some more states! The Route66 race medal is a show stopper for sure! Congrats on the 5k place! Having that marathon-size aerobic engine really pays off! Happy Birthday to D!
Thank you Marcia!
Wow! Another marathon! Good luck!
I’ve never even heard of Solidcore. She looks like a good advertisement for that!
Haha, yes, she has a strong core!
OMG, I have not run in ND either and am tempted to sign up. However, I don’t know if I am/will be ready for it. But I do need to catch up and be done. I have 8 states to go. I’ve done the Route 66 half marathon and it is a hilly course.
Thanks for the insight! Sounds like I need to do a little more hill training.
Great to hear about your fall marathon plans. I will enjoy following your progress. I can’t believe how fast you bounce back from marathons. I took 2 weeks off, built back slow and still feel like I’m coming back too fast!
We all know you can’t expect peak performance running 4-5 marathons a year, but I don’t expect peak performance at every marathon!
Yay about finding that Marathon. It will be fun to train with hubby and it’s just such a great way to keep focused! Congrats on that 2nd place finish! Competitive or not, it was well-earned!
Yep! Glad Dustin and I are on the same schedule now, which I prefer!
That’s great that you were able to find another marathon, and another state to check off the list! I agree with you about the virtual race option, especially for a marathon – I just don’t think I could do it. I struggled with doing a virtual half marathon lol.
Congrats on your 2nd place finish in the race and Happy Birthday to Dustin!
I never even did a virtual half, so you’re way ahead of me Kim!
You don’t take much downtime, do you? Even your “recovery” week has you racing a 5k! 🙂
I’ll be excited to hear about your training for Fargo. i’m assuming Dusty is on the same 50 states plan- how do you work it when you do a state without him? I guess he has to run Fargo on his own sometime.
Have a great week!
Haha, well, I wouldn’t say I raced the 5k; just ran it moderately!
Dustin is on the same 50 state plan and yes, I’ll be another state ahead of him with North Dakota! He’ll have to go back there at some point, but its an easy one for him to hit up.
What a great recovery week!
Congratulations on your finish, too!
I am so excited to see what you do in Fargo! I imagine it will be great to check off ND!
And I am always here for sweet Ruth pictures!
Haha, thanks Jenn! Ruthie is photogenic 🙂
Wow, you are back to logging solid miles again – it’s great you feel so good already. I went to a Solidcore class once. I think it’s a very effective workout, but not my thing, and so expensive around here.
Interesting! Solidcore started in D.C. I think. It is expensive, but here you can do “off-peak” classes for a more reasonable price. Why is it not your thing? I don’t even know what my thing is, ha! It’s always changing for strength. I guess I know that RUNNING is my thing, but not so sure about strength!
Great week of running and hanging out with friends! Best of luck with the upcoming training cycle for the marathon. I know what you mean – I’m kind of out of sorts right now with my husband training for a marathon and I don’t know if I’ll even be able to do the half!
Thank you Lisa! Yes, you and your husband are very similar with your marathon training! It’s nice to be on similar plans.
What a way to recover. Congrats on the 5k and the award.
I would have taken the refund too. I did that last year unless they didn’t give one and then I had to run the race virtually.
What a way to jump right in. That sounds like a great race ands I bet you do really well.
So nice to have a built-in training partner.
Thank you Darlene!
Congrats Jessie. Good luck on the rest of your journey
Please keep us updated
Thanks David.
How exciting that you’re training for Fargo and congrats on your 2nd place finish in the female division at the 5K! You rock!
Thank you Debbie!
Congratulations on second place and look forward to following your Fargo training. I’ll find you on the Peloton app. If you ever need class suggestions, Michelle, Coco, Deborah, Kim and I have a group chat on that.
I totally agree re: virtual and 50 states. That would be even more cheating than counting an airline layover as visiting a state if you don’t leave the airport. LOL
Thanks Cari! Ha! Totally agree on the 50 states 🙂
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